Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy
Fundamentals and Applications
- 1st Edition - June 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Carlos M. Costa, Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez
- Language: English
Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy: Fundamentals and Applications explores the current landscape of BDS in detail, with a focus on techniques, analytical tools, materials, an… Read more
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Description
Description
Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy: Fundamentals and Applications explores the current landscape of BDS in detail, with a focus on techniques, analytical tools, materials, and devices. It covers both the theory and fundamentals, as well as the most recent advances, with a specific focus on novel applications within advanced materials.
Section I provides a strong theoretical background and foundational overview, while explaining how experimental tests can be conducted, discussing the methods of analyzing data via various formalisms. Detailed methods are provided together with example case studies. The book explores the ways in which BDS intersects with and can be used in conjunction with other analytical and spectroscopic techniques. Section II shows how BDS can be used in cutting-edge ways on some of the most important materials used in chemical and material science research, such as solution materials, polymers, hybrid polymers and nanocomposites, ionic liquids, and active dielectrics. Finally, Section III uses case studies and detailed methods and protocols to provide examples of how BDS can be used across various industries.
This book will make an excellent resource for students (both upper undergraduate and postgraduate), researchers, and engineers looking to work with this technique, primarily materials chemists, analytical chemists, materials scientists, physicists, and physical chemists working with BDS or working on advanced materials, dielectric materials, materials for electronics, and in the area of dielectric relaxation processes for advanced applications.
Section I provides a strong theoretical background and foundational overview, while explaining how experimental tests can be conducted, discussing the methods of analyzing data via various formalisms. Detailed methods are provided together with example case studies. The book explores the ways in which BDS intersects with and can be used in conjunction with other analytical and spectroscopic techniques. Section II shows how BDS can be used in cutting-edge ways on some of the most important materials used in chemical and material science research, such as solution materials, polymers, hybrid polymers and nanocomposites, ionic liquids, and active dielectrics. Finally, Section III uses case studies and detailed methods and protocols to provide examples of how BDS can be used across various industries.
This book will make an excellent resource for students (both upper undergraduate and postgraduate), researchers, and engineers looking to work with this technique, primarily materials chemists, analytical chemists, materials scientists, physicists, and physical chemists working with BDS or working on advanced materials, dielectric materials, materials for electronics, and in the area of dielectric relaxation processes for advanced applications.
Key features
Key features
- Provides a strong theoretical background to the techniques of Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy (BDS), detailing the current landscape with a focus on materials, devices, techniques and analytical tools necessary for a critical overview of the field
- Emphasizes recent advances in BDS, with a specific focus on applications within advanced materials across industries for many innovative advances in technological applications
- Outlines detailed methods-based protocols and case studies for the applications of BDS focusing on materials processing, properties and molecular dynamics that will provide valuable insights across research fields and industries
Readership
Readership
Students (both upper undergraduate and postgraduate), researchers and engineers looking to work with this technique, primarily materials chemists, analytical chemists, materials scientists, physicists, and physical chemists working with BDS or working on advanced materials, dielectric materials, materials for electronics and in the area of dielectric relaxation processes for advanced applications
Table of contents
Table of contents
Section I: Broadband dielectric spectroscopy — Fundamentals
1. Dielectric spectroscopy: History and perspectives
2. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy equipment
3. Theory of broadband dielectric spectroscopy with parameters and formalism
4. The impact of interfaces and interphases on dielectric properties of materials: Maxwell‑Wagner‑Sillars interfacial polarization versus electrode polarization
5. Correlation between broadband dielectric spectroscopy and other techniques: Revealing the physics behind relaxation and diffusion in complex materials
Section II: Broadband dielectric spectroscopy in the scope of different materials and systems
6. Ceramic materials
7. Active dielectrics (piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, pyroelectrics)
8. Dielectric relaxation mechanism in glass forming poly(propylene) glycols family
9. Polymer confinement
10. Dielectric spectroscopy of ionic liquids
11. Bionanocomposites based on biodegradable polymers and bio‑based nanofillers: Syntheses and dielectric properties
12. Applications of dielectric spectroscopy in electrorheological fluids
13. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy applied to investigate low‑molecular‑weigh compounds confined to mesoporous silica matrices
14. Dielectric spectroscopy studies of polymer systems for pharmaceutical and technological applications
15. Polymer dispersed liquid crystals systems
16. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy of disordered ferroics
17. Dielectric properties of water‑containing materials
18. Direct broadband dielectric spectroscopy of liquids
19. Liquid materials
Section III: Broadband dielectric spectroscopy in the context of different applications
20. Energy systems
21. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy for reliability assessment in integrated electronic devices
22. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy methods in microwave sensing applications
23. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy applied to the biomedical field
24. Biological tissues: Fundamental aspects and new perspectives
25. Agriculture/food field
26. Concluding remarks and outlook
1. Dielectric spectroscopy: History and perspectives
2. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy equipment
3. Theory of broadband dielectric spectroscopy with parameters and formalism
4. The impact of interfaces and interphases on dielectric properties of materials: Maxwell‑Wagner‑Sillars interfacial polarization versus electrode polarization
5. Correlation between broadband dielectric spectroscopy and other techniques: Revealing the physics behind relaxation and diffusion in complex materials
Section II: Broadband dielectric spectroscopy in the scope of different materials and systems
6. Ceramic materials
7. Active dielectrics (piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, pyroelectrics)
8. Dielectric relaxation mechanism in glass forming poly(propylene) glycols family
9. Polymer confinement
10. Dielectric spectroscopy of ionic liquids
11. Bionanocomposites based on biodegradable polymers and bio‑based nanofillers: Syntheses and dielectric properties
12. Applications of dielectric spectroscopy in electrorheological fluids
13. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy applied to investigate low‑molecular‑weigh compounds confined to mesoporous silica matrices
14. Dielectric spectroscopy studies of polymer systems for pharmaceutical and technological applications
15. Polymer dispersed liquid crystals systems
16. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy of disordered ferroics
17. Dielectric properties of water‑containing materials
18. Direct broadband dielectric spectroscopy of liquids
19. Liquid materials
Section III: Broadband dielectric spectroscopy in the context of different applications
20. Energy systems
21. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy for reliability assessment in integrated electronic devices
22. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy methods in microwave sensing applications
23. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy applied to the biomedical field
24. Biological tissues: Fundamental aspects and new perspectives
25. Agriculture/food field
26. Concluding remarks and outlook
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 1, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Carlos M. Costa
Carlos M. Costa is a Researcher at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. His work is focused on the development electroactive polymer based porous membranes, anode and cathode material for energy storage applications in lithium-ion batteries and printed batteries. He has also experience in the processing, characterization, and optimization of sustainable polymers and polymer nanocomposites for sensors and actuators.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, University of Minho, Braga, PortugalSL
Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez
Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez is Research Professor and Scientific Director at the Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, Leioa, Spain. His work is focused in the area of polymer-based smart materials for sensors and actuators, energy, and biomedical applications.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor and Scientific Director, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures, Leioa, Spain